More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.world – 474 points – More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices
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What is a strategy against it?

Don't buy no brand cheap crap from amazon

Or indeed anything from Amazon. Even if it's branded there's still a chance it's a complete fake.

Ironically, these days, if you want to avoid fake crap Amazon is only good for books... (but it is still Amazon)

I bought an m.2 drive enclosure. It's bulky, but so damn fast. Plus it recycles old drives I've had lying around. Love it.

  • bulky compared to standard flash drive, still quite portable